Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2012. Summary: Toyota is recalling certain model year 2010 Lexus RX350 and RX450H vehicles, manufactured from November 28, 2008, through September 1, 2010. The accelerator pedal can get stuck in the wide open position due to its being trapped by an unsecured or incompatible driver’s floor mat.[Read More…]
Month: June 2012
Volkswagen Recall of Certain Model Year 2012 Audi Q5 Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2012. Summary: Volkswagen is recalling certain model year 2012 Audi Q5 vehicles, manufactured from June 21, 2011, through December 9, 2011. Some vehicles may be equipped with a front sunroof glass panel that is susceptible to breakage in extremely cold weather/temperature conditions. Consequence: Should the sunroof’s glass[Read More…]
WEEKLY ADDRESS: An All-Hands-On-Deck Approach to Fighting the Colorado Wildfires (Video/Text)
Colorado Springs, Colorado–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2012. Hello, everybody. I’m here in Colorado Springs, visiting some of the devastating fires that have been taking place over the last several days. As many of you have been watching on television, entire communities are under threat. And we had a chance to tour some[Read More…]
On Chief Justice Roberts and the Separation of Powers
A rather nuanced analysis of Chief Justice John Roberts and the decision rendered in the Affordable Care Act: Chief Justice Roberts promised this kind of balanced jurisprudence when being vetted for the Court, but has not always made good on the promise in the dozens of 5-4 cases in which[Read More…]
Video: Introducing ‘Bad Lip Reading’
A website we just discovered, thanks to our friends at Snopes.com: Bad Lip Reading, full of doctored videos to show what an inexact science lip reading is. Enjoy the doctored videos of Vice President Joe Biden. Warning: content contains profanity.
Video: Bill O’Reilly Said He Would ‘apologize for being an idiot’ If SCOTUS Upheld Obamacare
March 26, 2012 is the day Bill O’Reilly was interviewing Caroline Fredrickson about the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s signature legislation, The Affordable Care Act. Fredrickson is a constitutional scholar and president of The American Constitution Society. At one point in the interview, O’Reilly told Fredrickson, "If I’m wrong I[Read More…]
Forbes.com: Don’t Buy The GOP Narrative That Obamacare Is A Tax On Middle Class
From Rick Ungar at Forbes.com: Leader McConnell, and his fellow Republicans, should read the Majority ruling before they embarrasses [sic] themselves further. In the opening paragraphs of Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion, he clarifies that the law specifically does not involve a tax… Read more here.
National Journal: Obama, Romney, ‘Obamacare’ and the Facts
From the National Journal: Three nonpartisan fact-checking outfits—FactCheck.org, Politifact, and The Fact Checker (The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler)—have done extensive research on various health care claims that have surfaced for the last two years. Here’s a guide to their findings on what you have heard from the presidential candidates about the ruling, and[Read More…]
Video: Fact-checking Romney, ‘Chamber of Commerce’ on health care
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy MSNBC-(ENEWSPF)- Former Labor Sec. Robert Reich digs into the lies Mitt Romney and Republican-affiliated U.S. Chamber of Commerce peddle on health care.
Illinois Members Join Bipartisan Coalition To Defeat Flood Insurance Increase On Metro East Residents & Businesses
Say local investments in flood infrastructure show area good faith WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2012. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), and U.S. Representatives Jerry Costello (D-IL) and John Shimkus (R-IL) announced today that they successfully defeated a proposal to mandate flood insurance for individuals – including those in Metro East, Illinois –[Read More…]